Major causes of injury death and the life expectancy gap between the United States and other high-income countries

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 315, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 609-611

  Fenelon, Andrew ^a   Chen, Li Hui ^a   Baker, Susan P ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AUSTRIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DENMARK; DRUG INTOXICATION; FEMALE; FINLAND; GERMANY; GUNSHOT INJURY; HIGH INCOME GROUP; HUMAN; INJURY; LETTER; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; INCOME; INTOXICATION; MORTALITY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; POISONING; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 84957895314     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2015.15564     Document Type: Letter

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